Prof U R Rao conferred with Life Time Achievement Award

Hassan, Karnataka, June 8 (UNI) President A P J Abdul Kalam today presented Life time Achievement Award to renowned Space Scientist Prof U R Rao.

The award, instituted by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) carried Rs 20 lakh cash and a citation.

Mr Kalam also presented Outstanding Achievement Awards carrying Rs 10 lakhs each and citation to five Scientists -- N Pant, S C Gupta, E V Chitnis, B N Suresh and P S Goel.

Performance Excellence Awards carrying Rs five lakh each and a citation was given away to Nine Scientists and Merit Awards carrying Rs One lakh each to 17 young scientists.

ISRO introduced Annual Awards in 2006 to motivate high performance scientists, engineers and others in recognition of contribution in advanced critical technologies and state-of-the-art space and ground systems, products and services and management.

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